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He was only 19 years old, but Thomas Morgenstern had been attracting the attention of ski jumping fans for three years, bursting on to the international scene as a 16-year-old and gradually improving ...

He came in as a strong favourite and lived up to his billing with a stylish and engrossing performance. Yevgeny Plyushenko was considered the world's top skater in the run-up to these Games, with conf...

It was the allure of the costumes that drew a five-year-old Shizuka Arakawa to figure skating, but by the age of eight she could perform a triple salchow, and when she was 16 she represented Japan at ...

The Russian pair of Tatyana Totmyanina and Maksim Marinin had arrived in Turin as the clear favourites. They had won the European title five times in a row and also been world champions in 2004-5. Few...

Some people are blessed with sporting greatness from a young age and among them is Chandra Crawford. As a youngster, she excelled at many sports – running, swimming, mountain biking and biathlon among...

After a 15-year career in international biathlon, Sven Fischer’s Olympic medal haul was impressive. He’d won five medals at three Games, including a team gold in 1994 and again in 1998. In Turin, thou...

Two bronze medals in 2002 had given Austria's Benjamin Raich a taste for success. In Turin, his horizons expanded, with hopes that he could take two or three gold medals. The first looked like coming ...

Sweden's ice hockey players had a truly exceptional tournament, excelling in both the men's and women's tournaments. The competition only really kicked into life in the quarter-finals, by which time F...

Giorgio Di Centa had been part of the Italian relay team that won such a stunning gold medal in the 4x10km. It seemed the crowning point of a career that had seen him compete at the top level, but nev...

Canada may have lost out to Germany in the two-man bobsleigh, but there was a slice of history in their defeat. Lascelles Brown, the Canadian brakeman, had been born in Jamaica and became the first Ja...